Urbana Asphalt Program
Streets to be paved
• Railroad Street from West Light Street to the northern dead end of the street.
• Union Alley from Glenn Avenue to eastern dead end of the street.
• Railroad Street/Weidmann Way from Union Alley to Gwynne Street.
• North Russell Street from Miami Street to Gwynne Street.
• East Powell Avenue from South Kenton Street to Ohio 54.
• West Powell Avenue from South High Street to the western dead end of the street.
The following streets will receive crack sealing
• East Lawn Avenue from Scioto Street to Bloomfield Avenue.
• Washington Avenue from East Lawn Avenue to Dorothy Moore Avenue.
• Dorothy Moore Avenue from Washington Avenue to Boyce Street.
• Boyce Street from Dorothy Moore Avenue to the eastern dead end of the street.
• Fountain Circle
• Diamond Court
• South High Street from Miami Street to College Street.
• West Drive from Rogers Drive to Sweetman Avenue.
• East Drive from Rogers Drive to Sweetman Avenue.
• Sweetman Avenue from West Drive to East Drive.
• Lewis B. Moore Drive (Ohio 55) from South Main Street (U.S. 68) to the western corporation limit.
Construction began this week on a $313,000 road paving project in Urbana.
Portions of six city streets will be paved as part of the project for a total of about 1.75 total miles, said Urbana Engineer Tyler Bumbalough. The contract was awarded to A&B Asphalt Corporation in Springfield.
The project is scheduled to be completed by July 7, but Bumbalough expects work to be completed before that date, he said.
“I like to get done early, but the warmer the better for applications,” Bumbalough said.
Crack sealing will also be completed on 11 Urbana Streets beginning next Tuesday, depending on the weather. Several of those streets were paved within the last five to seven years, Bumbalough said.
The money comes from both the city’s annual permissive tax share and the city’s capital improvement fund. The Champaign County Engineer’s Office will spend about $55,000 to resurface East Powell Avenue — located near the fairgrounds.
“We were trying to get it done a month before the fair started,” Bumbalough said. “We do projects together sometimes, especially on these border streets. It’s more efficient that way.”
“No parking” restrictions will be in effect in work areas, and violators will be towed. As of Tuesday afternoon, no one had to be towed, Bumbalough said.
The city also recently spent about $85,000 to resurface Taft Avenue, which also included new curb ramps. The Champaign County Commission provided about $63,000 as part of Community Development Block Grant money for the project, while the city paid the remaining $22,000.
The project was completed last week.
“We were happy to get it done,” Bumbalough said.
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